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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Applicants:
Satoshi Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Tabata, Hofu, JP;
Tetsuo Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Tabata, Hofu, JP;
Tetsuo Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N009/90 ; C12N015/61 ; C12N019/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel protein having N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity; a DNA encoding the protein; a recombinant vector containing the DNA; a transformant obtainable by introducing the recombinant vector into a host cell; and a process for producing the protein or N-acetylmannosamine using the transformant.